Ahmadiyyat Destiny and Progress — Page 33
23 نَْمَدُہٗ وَنُصَلَّْ عَٰ رَسُوْلِہِ الْکَرِیْم بِسْمِ ہللاِ الرَّحْٰنِ الرَّحِیْم The Magnificent Progress of the Jama'at Inaugural address of the Jalsa Salana, 26 December 1936. After the recitation of tashahhud, ta‘awudh and Surah Fatihah , Huzoor said: Let me begin by saying assalamu alaikum to the participants of the jalsa who have come from far afield to be present here today. Before I inaugurate the convention with silent prayer, I wish to remind all those friends present here of certain events [in our history]. Almost 40 years ago, there stood a mud wall on the site where the boys of Madrasa Ahmadiyya now study. It was erected in the time of our ancestors to fortify Qadian. The wall was so wide a cart could be driven on top of it. Eventually, the British broke it into sections and auctioned away the various parts. One such section–a long elongated strip was purchased by the Promised Messiah as with the intention of building a guest house. 23 Ibid. p. 1 [Publishers]